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First Trust Advisors

First Trust Advisors Portfolio holdings

AUM $140B
1-Year Est. Return 27.84%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+5.51%
1 Year Est. Return
+27.84%
3 Year Est. Return
+78.79%
5 Year Est. Return
+98.89%
10 Year Est. Return
+456.9%
AUM
$48.2B
AUM Growth
+$4.68B
Cap. Flow
+$2.97B
Cap. Flow %
6.15%
Top 10 Hldgs %
14.49%
Holding
2,555
New
260
Increased
1,265
Reduced
879
Closed
150

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
SNAP icon
Snap
SNAP
+$130M
2
OKTA icon
Okta
OKTA
+$109M
3
IQV icon
IQVIA
IQV
+$99.2M
4
DXC icon
DXC Technology
DXC
+$90.4M
5
BKU icon
Bankunited
BKU
+$87.7M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
INTC icon
Intel
INTC
+$116M
2
C icon
Citigroup
C
+$99.8M
3
GE icon
GE Aerospace
GE
+$81.2M
4
AVXS
AveXis, Inc. Common Stock
AVXS
+$75.7M
5
CSCO icon
Cisco
CSCO
+$68M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Technology 23.01%
2 Financials 12.35%
3 Communication Services 11.37%
4 Healthcare 9.49%
5 Industrials 8.73%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake
Capital Flow
ALNY icon
151
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals
ALNY
$35.7B
$65M 0.13%
659,766
+123,099
+23% +$12.2M
REGN icon
152
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
REGN
$68.7B
$64.9M 0.13%
187,988
+39,879
+27% +$12.5M
EIGI
153
DELISTED
Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc.
EIGI
$64.8M 0.13%
6,512,939
-11,537
-0.2% -$98.7K
SO icon
154
Southern Company
SO
$110B
$64.1M 0.13%
1,384,768
-16,110
-1% -$721K
CVS icon
155
CVS Health
CVS
$137B
$64M 0.13%
994,543
+91,899
+10% +$6.06M
NOW icon
156
ServiceNow
NOW
$99.9B
$63.1M 0.13%
1,829,930
+419,435
+30% +$14.5M
OMC icon
157
Omnicom Group
OMC
$22.5B
$62.9M 0.13%
825,047
+245,452
+42% +$18.1M
LUMN icon
158
Lumen
LUMN
$6.76B
$62.7M 0.13%
3,365,895
+271,147
+9% +$4.92M
UNH icon
159
UnitedHealth
UNH
$383B
$62.1M 0.13%
252,957
-27,183
-10% -$6.53M
QGEN icon
160
Qiagen
QGEN
$8.52B
$61.8M 0.13%
+1,611,159
New +$59.3M
TGT icon
161
Target
TGT
$61.3B
$61.7M 0.13%
810,481
-172,486
-18% -$12.7M
AGIO icon
162
Agios Pharmaceuticals
AGIO
$2.16B
$61.6M 0.13%
731,794
+56,038
+8% +$4.89M
CRL icon
163
Charles River Laboratories
CRL
$11B
$61.5M 0.13%
547,987
-40,177
-7% -$4.34M
TSN icon
164
Tyson Foods
TSN
$20.1B
$60.4M 0.13%
877,578
+129,578
+17% +$9.01M
LMT icon
165
Lockheed Martin
LMT
$132B
$60.4M 0.13%
204,481
+17,202
+9% +$5.55M
DE icon
166
Deere & Co
DE
$165B
$60.1M 0.12%
429,866
+214,294
+99% +$31.6M
INFY icon
167
Infosys
INFY
$44.6B
$59.8M 0.12%
6,158,748
-597,356
-9% -$5.34M
NOC icon
168
Northrop Grumman
NOC
$76.3B
$59.6M 0.12%
193,849
+5,025
+3% +$1.66M
SHPG
169
DELISTED
Shire pic
SHPG
$59.2M 0.12%
350,477
+6,682
+2% +$1.08M
F icon
170
Ford
F
$57.1B
$58.9M 0.12%
5,317,416
-244,809
-4% -$2.8M
ALGN icon
171
Align Technology
ALGN
$12.1B
$58.7M 0.12%
171,676
-20,765
-11% -$6.19M
GIS icon
172
General Mills
GIS
$19.1B
$58.4M 0.12%
1,319,955
+331,265
+34% +$14.5M
AEP icon
173
American Electric Power
AEP
$73.7B
$58.3M 0.12%
842,419
+145
+0% +$9.77K
SBUX icon
174
Starbucks
SBUX
$119B
$58.1M 0.12%
1,190,354
+133,934
+13% +$7.6M
SSNC icon
175
SS&C Technologies
SSNC
$17.6B
$57.9M 0.12%
1,115,994
+864,932
+345% +$43.8M

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First Trust Advisors's Q2 2018 Portfolio in Review

As of Q2 2018, First Trust Advisors held 2,555 positions worth $48.2B, up 11% from $43.5B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 14% of the portfolio.

First Trust Advisors deployed $2.97B of net new capital in Q2 2018, opening 260 new positions and adding to 1,265 existing holdings. Its largest new stake was Snap: 10,109,232 shares worth $132M.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Technology at 23% of assets, up from 23% a quarter earlier, followed by Financials and Communication Services.

On the sell side, the largest reduction was Intel, an estimated $116M trimmed.

  • First Trust Advisors's largest Q2 2018 buy was Snap: 10,109,232 shares worth $132M.
  • First Trust Advisors added most to Bankunited in Q2 2018, an estimated $87.7M increase.
  • First Trust Advisors's biggest Q2 2018 reduction was Intel, cutting an estimated $116M.
  • First Trust Advisors fully exited AveXis, Inc. Common Stock in Q2 2018, selling an estimated $75.7M.
  • First Trust Advisors's ten largest holdings make up 14% of its $48.2B portfolio in Q2 2018.
  • First Trust Advisors opened 260 new positions and closed 150 in Q2 2018.
  • First Trust Advisors's portfolio value rose 11% quarter-over-quarter to $48.2B.

Based on First Trust Advisors's 13F filing for Q2 2018, filed 2 Aug 2018.